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How to Save Money with Our Time of Use Rate

Starting in fall 2025, we are introducing a Time of Use (TOU) rate for homes and small to medium businesses. With TOU, when you use electricity affects how much you pay. Electricity will cost more during peak hours (from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.), when demand is highest, but it… [ Keep reading ]

Exploring the Benefits of a Time of Use Rate with Customer Stories  

We’ve been talking about how a Time of Use (TOU) rate can save money and help reduce energy use during busy hours. By changing when you use energy, you might lower your bills and help create a more sustainable energy system. As we prepare to introduce a Time of Use (TOU)… [ Keep reading ]

Why Seattle City Light Is Offering a Time of Use Rate 

Seattle City Light has been helping customers save energy and money since 1977. Over the years, our focus on energy efficiency has lowered bills and reduced the need for expensive new power sources. Now, we are introducing a Time of Use (TOU) rate this year to continue this effort.  TOU… [ Keep reading ]

Key Q&A on the Basics of Seattle City Light’s Upcoming Time of Use (TOU) Rates

Seattle City Light will introduce a Time of Use (TOU) rate in 2025, giving customers a new way to manage their energy use and lower their bills. To help you understand how this will work, we asked the TOU team to explain the basics of TOU rates and how they… [ Keep reading ]

Coming Soon: A Time of Use Rate to Help You Choose How to Manage Your Energy Use

At Seattle City Light, we’re working hard to bring you new options to help you better understand and manage your energy use. That’s why we’re excited to announce that an optional Time of Use (TOU) rate will be available to residential and small/medium business customers starting in mid-2025. With TOU… [ Keep reading ]

How the 2025-2026 rate increases will affect you

Update: On Nov. 21, 2024, Seattle City Council voted to adopt the 2025-2026 budget, which includes approval for Seattle City Light’s planned rate increases. Seattle City Light is a public, not-for-profit utility, and we make decisions for the long-term benefit of our customers and the communities we serve. We work… [ Keep reading ]

An Update on City Light’s Time of Use Rate

Update as of December 2024: When will the 2025 Time of Use (TOU) Rate be available? We plan to offer the Time of Use (TOU) Rate in mid-2025. Right now, we are creating a system to help you better understand and manage your energy use. This will include tools to… [ Keep reading ]